( Erica )
Redundant? Possibly. But in difficult families conversations like this can be spread out like this, and reaffirming ‘we love each other’ is a big deal.
( building bridges )
Main Points:
Persona 2/Persona 4 crossover (Broken Hero)
Chapter Summary: At least Tatsuya's conversation with Eikichi and Miyabi goes smoothly.
Word Count: 695
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Eikichi/Miyabi
( as the ice melts, just a little )
Tatsuya had thought himself ready for Maya-nee’s arrival. As expected, she doesn’t ask any questions or bring any personal grudges to bear. Just like everyone else, she appears to have been crying a little, makeup hastily reapplied (and it seems she’s still relying on her former roommate to help her out there, because there are mistakes even an amateur like Tatsuya can spot). She is, however, beaming through the tears, and whether she’s actually happy his hand has been forced and he can no longer hide behind excuses or she’s putting on a brave smile, trying to get through this with positive thinking, is entirely unclear, but extremely admirable either way.
He was not ready for her to simply hug him like a big sister would, and all of a sudden he finds himself crying uncontrollably on her shoulder as she gently lets him and his big brother watches helplessly.
( a whirlwind as ever )
I actually love Philemon but I don’t think Tatsuya has or ever will forgive the bet.
( hard conversations and a chance to heal after all these years )
( seeing other people's Shadows is still uncomfortable even if they're getting used to it )
( witnessing fault to every pawn in the game )
( memories in cold decay )
??? Okay, anyone wanna explain to me why the Joker used a flower symbol of a yellow iris? The hanakotoba I’m getting from multiple sites are ‘loyalty, good news’, and occasionally some other positive things? The closest thing is maybe knowledge, like, seek enlightenment and after you find it I’ll take my revenge, or mayyybe at a stretch ‘finally my day of revenge has come, this is good news for me’, but, like??? From its place in the story I always kind of assumed it was a similar meaning to the orange lily.
( i played soldier; you played king )
( there's complexity there you hadn't considered )
Why are Jun’s parents still alive and yet he’s going by Kashihara unlike ‘This Side’? Not even Tatsuya knows.
( taken form and substance )
( too late to look back )
Why do I keep seeing ‘senpais’ as the plural for ‘senpai’; that’s an English suffix for pluralization, not a Japanese one…
this is fun( secondary social links )
“Do you even own a guitar anymore, Tacchi?” Jun asks, and Hanamura-kun gasps and whips around hard enough he accidentally walks into one of the trees on the shrine ground. Seta-kun looks concerned, but other than the wince, the pain can’t overcome the brunet’s excitement.
“You play guitar, Suou-san?” he gasps, and Tatsumi-kun whistles.
“Not gonna lie, that’s pretty sweet, Suou-san.”
Tatsuya, meanwhile, looks like he wants to melt into the ground at all the attention. He can be really shy, though it’s easy to overlook if you don’t know what you’re looking for. “…Yes,” he answers after a bit, flicking his lighter quickly.
Jun merely raises an eyebrow, silently asking which question he’d been answering, and his dragon answers, “…Both.” He takes a deep breath and continues more normally. “Though it’s been a while. I think it’s at Katsuya and Maya-nee’s, and I haven’t touched it in years. The strings will probably snap the second I do.”
“I really need to get back into it,” Hanamura-kun’s renewed enthusiasm is touching, and it’s nice seeing that while he no longer plays there’s one hobby where Tatsuya hasn’t lost all interest.
“Moon cards?” Souji blinks, staring befuddled at the cards in his hand. There are quite a lot of them, and he’s never gotten those from a Shuffle Time before.
“Think those are for me, thanks,” Suou-san states gruffly and plucks them from Souji’s hand.
“What are they for?” Now that he’s not only allowed but encouraged to indulge his curiosity, he’s found it’s kind of addicting.
“Fusing new Personas,” Kashihara-san answers when it becomes clear Suou-san is not going to respond. “It’s a much more complicated process for us. I was wondering how it was going to work without me having to tell demon horoscopes or Tatsuya doing his impressions.”
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